The Long Game, by Mitch McConnell: on War & Peace

Bush an outstanding war president; kept US safe after 9/11

But when it comes to war on terror that Bush was forced to confront, the measure of success has to be the level of security here at home. And Bush's decision to go on the offense, in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and to create the programs and policies to combat Al-Qaeda is the number one reason there have been no successful mass casualty attacks on America soil since 9-11. His strategy didn't always go perfectly, but that can't be expected, because there is no perfection in armed combat. There can't be, because the other guys shoot back.